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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resembles a character from a detective novel and is "elusive, manipulative and volatile," the executive editor of The New York Times (NYT) reveals in an upcoming book. Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy, a digital book featuring an introduction by Times executive editor Bill Keller and contributions from NYT reporters, goes on sale Monday. The NYT described the e-book, which will cost $5.99 and be sold online at Amazon, Apple and other bookstores, as the "definitive chronicle of the WikiLeaks documents' release and the controversy that ensued." In the introduction, excerpts of which were posted online by the NYT, Keller details the early days of the tumultuous relationship between the newspaper and Assange, the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks. Keller said it was Alan Rusbridger, editor of Britain's The Guardian, who convinced Assange in June to involve the NYT in the publication of secret US military documents on Afghanistan and Iraq. Keller said Assange never revealed the source of the secret US documents. He said the NYT considered Assange a "source" - one who "acted like a fugitive, changing crash pads, e-mail addresses and cellphones frequently" - and that the newspaper "was never asked to sign anything or to pay anything." Over time, the relationship with Assange went "from wary to hostile," Keller said, adding that Assange particularly objected to NYT profiles of Manning and himself. |
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